From time to time OSS News Review features upcoming events. The Optimising OSS and Service Provisioning event will be held in Prague from the 13th to the 15th of October, 2008.

EVENT: Optimising OSS & Service Provisioning

DATE: 13th-15th October 2008

LOCATION: Mövenpick Hotel, Prague

INFO: This event will provide practical information for operators on how to meet the challenges associated with the transition to NGN and all-IP. It will feature in-depth case studies from operators who are leading the way in rapidly deploying and supporting the high quality, converged services that drive customer loyalty and enable competitive differentiation.

Nashville-based Equinox Information Systems has recently told OSS News Review that Associated Network Partners, Inc. (ANPI), a wholesale voice and data communications provider headquartered in Springfield, Illinois, has licensed Equinox fraud management software. (more…)

Meteor Mobile Communications has selected Ericsson’s real-time charging solution, Charging System CS3.0, for its combined GSM and 3G services in Ireland. Under the terms of the agreement, Ericsson has supplied Meteor with its Charging System 3.0, providing the mobile operator with functionality such as real-time costs and spending control, flexible special promotions capability and real-time bonus applications. (more…)

OSS News Review is proud to announce the first-ever OSS Visibility Index, rankings of the most visible companies and products and services in the telecom OSS/BSS industry. (more…)

Subex Limited announced the launch of OptimaTM 4.6, which is a new version of its Route Optimization system. This solution has been designed to help service providers create optimized route plans for automatic switch upload as well as to facilitate a full reporting suite for data analysis. (more…)

Why Software Wins: Drawing on the Power of one of the World’s Most Popular Software Platforms Enables Zeus Technology to Enhance its Highly Scalable, Energy Efficient Application Delivery Controller

Zeus Technology announced today the release of ZXTM 5.0 (Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager). Being equipped with Java™ Extensions, this latest version enables application architects, administrators, and developers to control their application delivery using policies that build on the robust, rich, and powerful body of reusable Java application code. (more…)

Service Level Corporation (SLC) and NorthStar Software Solutions agreed to integrate the Ratchet Rating System with NorthStar’s Insite, which is their core product.

NorthStar’s service bureau operations receives the Ratchet Rating technology, as a reslt of this agreement, enabling support for triple-play services for all NorthStar’s client companies. (more…)

Efficient and High Flexible IP Service Provisioning

With a turnover of more than EUR 2.1 billion (as of today, USD $3.3 billion), Arcor is the number one solution of the alternative telecommunication providers in the German fixed network market. Arcor offers a wide spectrum of voice, internet, and data services for private and business customers over its wide area voice and data network throughout Germany. (more…)

Telcos seeking to improve American public safety and network resiliency for all is seen by leading emergency stand alone switch provider

While most people know to call 9-1-1 in an emergency situation not everyone is aware of the limitations of the system given the expanding variety of wireless devices used and the variations in service by location. The telecommunications industry plays a unique role in transmitting emergency calls and helping public safety officials locate people needing help. In today’s ever-changing communications landscape, telecommunications providers are responding to the need for increased network resiliency by modernizing existing systems through Emergency Stand Alone (ESA) systems. (more…)

Telecom Asia magazine announced today that Telstra Corp., Softbank Mobile, and SingTel are among the finalists competing for Asia’s leading telecom industry honors.

The 11th Telecom Asia Awards honors will be presented next Tuesday, April 8. The shortlist of nominees, which were released ahead of the presentation, covers ten categories, from mobile to managed services to new technology.

Telstra has been shortlisted in three categories – Best Mobile, Best Broadband and CEO of the Year – while Softbank and SingTel both picked up nominations for the mobile and CEO honors.

Malaysia’s DiGi and KTF from Korea are also up for final selection in the hotly-contested mobile category.

Bill Barney of Pacnet is the fourth finalist for CEO of the Year, competing against Softbank’s Masayhoshi Son, SingTel’s Allen Lew, and Telstra’s Sol Trujillo.

In a new category, Telecom Innovation of the Year, six ground-breaking products won through to the final.

The Best Asian Telecom Carrier will be chosen from among the winners of all the carrier categories.

Joseph Waring, Group Editor of Telecom Asia, said: “These awards are intended to recognize outstanding achievement by Asian telecom service providers. The addition of a new category for innovation highlights the pressure on carriers to develop fresh product segments and services to gain competitive advantage.”

The awards are chosen by an independent panel of industry experts, making their selections based on financial performance, technology, market leadership, and corporate governance.

The judging panel is supported by analysis from the global IT telecom and software research firm Ovum.

Last year’s biggest winner was SK Telecom, which took out the overall prize for Best Asian Telecom Carrier as well as Best Mobile Carrier. Allen Lew, chief of SingTel Singapore, won the CEO prize and Indian telco Bharti Airtel was voted Best Emerging Market Carrier.

The awards will be presented at a ceremony at Indigo Pearl, Phuket, Thailand, held in conjunction with the Asia-Pacific Executive Forum, which is being organized by Intec.

About Telecom Asia

Telecom Asia is Asia’s largest regional telecom publishing group. It publishes the magazines Telecom Asia, Wireless Asia, and Charged and the Website www.telecomasia.net, aimed at telecommunications professionals around the region. Combined, these titles serve more than 100,000 subscribers.

For more information, please visit their website: http://www.telecomasia.net

About Ovum

Ovum’s primary activity is providing value-added advisory services and consulting to retain and project clients. The company acts as a well-respected and trusted source of industry data, knowledge and expertise on the commercial impact of technology, and regulatory and market changes. Ovum engages in continuous research and industry analysis to determine market dynamics in its specialist sectors.

Ovum has developed long-standing relationships with many of its corporate clients, which include major international blue-chip companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, BT, Cable & Wireless, Cisco Systems, Deutsche Telekom, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Telstra, and Vodafone.

Ovum is part of the Datamonitor Group.

For more information, please visit their website: http://www.ovum.com/

Websites: http://www.telecomasia.net
http://www.ovum.com

Simplified Provisioning, Reduced Costs, and Improved Partitioning Views for Ease of Multi-Layer Service Management is offered by the SilvxManager® for Windows and Layered Services Management Tools

Announcing the SilvxManager for Windows and Layered Services Management features, Sycamore Networks, Inc. today explained that the new product would augment its recently introduced SN 9000 Intelligent Multi-service Switch. The new offering was designed to assist network operators reduce costs and complexity, enhance the management of diverse services, and improve overall operational efficiencies in metro and regional multi-service networks. (more…)

Activates mobile Internet applications based on Microsoft .NET

KPN Mobile International and Artilium announced their partnership to create new opportunities for user generated applications on KPN’s mobile networks. (more…)

The solution will detect frauds in real-time and stop revenue leakages for BSNL

Xalted delivered Fraud Trace, a fraud management solution for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL). BSNL is India’s largest public sector telecommunication company with the widest network reach amongst telecom service providers across India. Nortel implemented the project, as it is a recognized global leader in delivering communications capabilities. (more…)

The computing and software IT infrastructure that performs engineering, provisioning, and management functions in telecommunications networks, Operations Support Systems (OSS), for the global market will exceed $46 billion in 2008, in a new study by INSIGHT Research. (more…)

Partnership will enhance Fraunhofer FOKUS SOA Telco Playground with advanced policy management abilities for flexible service control

Unipier Ltd. is now a new industry partner of the Fraunhofer FOKUS Telco SOA Playground. Providing a valuable extension to the existing Telco network environment, The firm is integrating its ‘Intelligent Policy Manager’ product in the service-oriented environment at the Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS. In addition to offering advanced service functionalities, the Intelligent Policy Manager will also enhance the overall performance of the SOA Telco Playground. (more…)

Today, it was announced that UBIqube, a global MSSP solutions provider, will be the foundation for the new pan Baltic CPE based Managed Security Service being launched by Lattelecom, the leading provider of electronic communications services in Latvia. (more…)

LapGreen Networks has selected Lifetree Convergence Limited as a technology partner for its networks. To begin with, it will deploy Lifetree’s applications at Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL), its operating company in Uganda. (more…)

Kabira Technologies Inc., a leader in extreme transaction processing software for global enterprises, is demonstrating its Service Aware Platform at GSMA’s Mobile World Congress (11th to 14th February 08, Fira de Barcelona , Spain ). (more…)

TTI Team Telecom International Ltd. (NASDAQ: TTIL) (“TTI Telecom”), a global supplier of Operations Support Systems (OSS) to communications service providers, has launched their renovated Fault Management product, the Netrac FaM 10 Cruiser. The new release features a next generation fault management rich client that leverages the new Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 technology to create a comprehensive graphical interface and enable the most efficient network management. The product is redesigned to support network management concepts which correspond to recent service provider needs and business processes, and now provides operators and managers with greater network-wide visibility and improves decision-making capabilities. (more…)

Martin Dawes Systems, an international provider of billing, customer care and revenue assurance solutions, has told OSS News Review about its appointment as a supplier to UK mobile operator O2 of billing systems for O2 business, corporate and SME subscribers. (more…)